The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 3Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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... writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perusal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the most popular productions of the ...
... writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perusal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the most popular productions of the ...
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... writer with great probability fuppofes it to have been compofed in 1174. the author in one paffage mentioning that the church of St. Paul's was formerly metro- political , and that it was thought it would become so again , - fhould the ...
... writer with great probability fuppofes it to have been compofed in 1174. the author in one paffage mentioning that the church of St. Paul's was formerly metro- political , and that it was thought it would become so again , - fhould the ...
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... writer , whose words I have juft quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude fpecies of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which ...
... writer , whose words I have juft quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude fpecies of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which ...
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... writer now living , who has in- veftigated the history of human manners with great comprehenfion and fagacity . " 66 Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very , ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he 1 1 6 fuppofes , came ...
... writer now living , who has in- veftigated the history of human manners with great comprehenfion and fagacity . " 66 Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very , ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he 1 1 6 fuppofes , came ...
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... writers nor the fpectators faw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the ferious part of these motley fcenes ; at leaft they were perfuaded that the folemnity of the fubject covered or excused all in ...
... writers nor the fpectators faw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the ferious part of these motley fcenes ; at leaft they were perfuaded that the folemnity of the fubject covered or excused all in ...
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